Number of cattle in Norway

Number of cattle in Norway was 852,800 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 2.4% from 2023. That is the 106th highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head852,800

Change on 2023-2.4%

Rank106th of 190Countries ranked

Series high1,180,3001961

Series low840,0002014

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Number of cattle in Norway, 1961 to 2024

head. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.

All 64 values

Period	head
2024	852,800
2023	874,200
2022	898,800
2021	901,026
2020	882,961
2019	874,136
2018	881,991
2017	885,292
2016	872,145
2015	853,327
2014	840,000
2013	853,655
2012	861,924
2011	864,139
2010	874,529
2009	878,134
2008	891,170
2007	905,515
2006	922,976
2005	933,698
2004	943,208
2003	956,916
2002	958,661
2001	978,854
2000	987,915
1999	1,033,070
1998	1,036,416
1997	1,017,775
1996	1,005,766
1995	988,403
1994	979,456
1993	974,736
1992	982,507
1991	974,185
1990	953,100
1989	949,400
1988	931,900
1987	945,000
1986	967,500
1985	970,200
1984	975,600
1983	989,000
1982	1,009,000
1981	1,014,500
1980	984,700
1979	968,843
1978	953,814
1977	944,920
1976	921,231
1975	914,905
1974	955,234
1973	965,557
1972	940,376
1971	931,691
1970	943,002
1969	973,425
1968	1,008,353
1967	995,676
1966	1,040,898
1965	1,059,412
1964	1,101,851
1963	1,122,000
1962	1,158,800
1961	1,180,300

Rankings

Countries by number of cattle 196 places
EU countries by number of cattle 27 places

Definition

Number of cattle (domestic cattle, not buffaloes) present in the country, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. FAO asks for the count on one day of the year, usually the census or survey date, so the reference day differs between countries.

FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

How to cite

FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111) (Number of cattle, Norway, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111), Number of cattle, Norway, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/cattle-population/norway. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111). Number of cattle, Norway, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/cattle-population/norway.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111), Number of cattle, Norway, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/cattle-population/norway (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_cattle_norway_2024,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111): Number of cattle, Norway, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/cattle-population/norway. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production\_Crops\_Livestock\_E\_All\_Data\_\%28Normalized\%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}

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1,180,300 head in 1961, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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